Technology Research Center mentioned in BDN article on Old Town mill sale

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

January 28, 2016 Economic Development, Research, UMaine in the News

The Bangor Daily News reported MFGR LLC, a limited liability corporation that shares an address with a Connecticut-based asset liquidator, has purchased the shuttered Expera Specialty Solutions pulp mill in Old Town. Expera spokeswoman Addie Teeters declined to say what would happen to the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center, which opened about five years ago and is located in the mill’s former finished product storage area, according to the article. Researchers within UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute are working on campus to create and commercialize new wood-based bioproducts that they test on a larger scale at the Technology Research Center, the article states. The center is currently renting month to month, Jake Ward, UMaine’s vice president of innovation and economic development, told the BDN in December. The Portland Press Herald also reported on the mill sale. Ward told the Press Herald the university would like to work out a long-term lease for the research center. “We’re waiting for the ownership to settle,” he said.